Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add bbclass to generate build configuration from snippets

[Gylstorff Quirin <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>]

On 8/9/21 3:46 PM, Gylstorff Quirin wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/9/21 2:58 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 09.08.21 12:26, Q. Gylstorff wrote:
>>> From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
>>>
>>> This patchset adds the `build-config-snippets.bbclass`. This class 
>>> can be used
>>> to generate package dependencies according to the used build 
>>> configuration.
>>>
>>> It is in use as 'kconfig-snippets.bbclass' in [1] for the swupdate 
>>> configuration.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, but working around the anti-distro properties of that packages. A
>> proper SWUpdate would build against all features and be configurable
>> during runtime.
>>
> 
> We have the bootloader feature which is exclusive selected. So u-boot or 
> grub or efibootguard.
> 

I forgot the embedded lua code.

>> Given that this is an anti pattern, I'm still not sure about what to do
>> with it. We are carrying it for SWUpdate for quite a while but that's
>> still the only user. Do we really see others? Or should we better invest
>> in fixing SWUpdate so that we can use its original Debian package, one 
>> day?
>>
> 
> I don't see others at the moment. The alternative would be make one 
> config for everything and only add the bootloader as configuration snippet.
> 
> 
>> Jan
>>
> 
> Quirin
>
Quirin